RE: Yahoo spying

Now a days, you have to realize that you are on a public media anywhere on
the internet. What you say or do is being watched by someone.
Anyone can read these messages in the archives. At least with yahoo, the
moderators can make them only available to the members of the group- or the
world.
Check your cookie/view file and clean it out constantly. Even your viewed
pages files can relay info without a per say cookie. Visit a hort page and a
cookie check will appear. (I know why Chris has that, it is not to spy on
you, just not revote a zillion and one times on a picture, I asked him off
list)
All you can do is run a tight security so it warns you when someone is
capturing info... but then they find another way... sigh.
Donna
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I thought I' might have read of it before - long ago, but it's easy to
> forget about these things. As noted, it explains that opting out only
> covers the browser you're currently using. If I did opt out 5 years ago
> on
> my old computer, it would have no bearing on my new computer. Or if one
> of
> us got a new computer at work.
>
> Besides, with everything about the feds wanting info going on right now;
> it
> now becomes a current affair. Opting out is sort of like taking a stand.
> Made me feel good.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 10:56 AM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Yahoo spying
>
>
> > This has been happening for years Kitty. If you are a yahoo group
> member,
> > you also have to edit your marketing area as well.
> >
> > Donna
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [mailto:owner-gardenchat@hort.net] On
> >> Behalf Of kmrsy@netzero.com
> >> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 9:41 AM
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> Subject: [CHAT] Yahoo spying
> >>
> >> Friends,
> >> I received the message below from my sister and found that it is indeed
> >> true. Just on the slightest chance that it could be a spoof of some
> >> kind, I went directly to Yahoo rather than using the links provided in
> >> the message. It was all true and I opted out.
> >>
> >>
> >> Google is fighting the feds spying but Yahoo agreed without flinching.
> >> I'd rather not give thm any more than I have to.
> >>
> >> Kitty
> >>
> >> -- Maureen Hawkins <hawkms@uleth.ca> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I don't know if this applies to either of you, but, if so, I
> thought
> >> you might want to know.
> >>
> >> Sue
> >> Subject: [freecyclelethbridge] Yahoo groups spying on you
> >> From: "kim" <lezzeeboi@yahoo.ca>
> >> Date: Sat, January 28, 2006 11:39 am
> >> To: "free cycle" <freecyclelethbridge@yahoogroups.com>
> >> lethcafe@yahoogroups.com
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
> >>
> >> The following was posted to another group i belong to, just
> >> passing
> >> it along FYI
> >>
> >> If you belong to ANY Yahoo Groups - be aware that Yahoo is now
> >> using &quot;Web Beacons&quot; to track every Yahoo Group user. It's
> >> similar to
> >> cookies, but allows Yahoo to record every website and every group
> >> you visit, even when you're not connected to Yahoo.
> >>
> >> Look at their updated privacy statement at
> >> http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy .
> >>
> >> About half-way down the page, in the section on cookies, you will
> >> see a link that says WEB BEACONS.
> >>
> >> http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/beacons/details.html
> >>
> >> Click on the phrase &quot;Web Beacons.&quot; On the page that opens,
> >> find
> >> a
> >> paragraph entitled &quot;Outside the Yahoo Network.&quot;
> >>
> >> In that section find a little &quot;Click Here to Opt Out&quot; link
> >> that
> >> will
> >> let you &quot;opt-out&quot; of their snooping.
> >>
> >> http://pclick.yahoo.com/p?optout
> >>
> >> Be careful! NOT to click on the next button shown. It is an &quot;Opt
> >> Back In&quot; button that, if clicked, will UNDO the opt-out.
> >>
> >> Note that Yahoo's invasion of your privacy - and your ability to opt-
> >> out of it - is not user-specific. It is MACHINE specific. That means
> >> you will have to opt-out on every computer (and browser) you use.
> >>
> >> Please forward this to your other groups. You might complain, too,
> >> but I'm not sure if anyone is listening..
> >>
> >> Related article:
> >>
> >> Yahoo Web Beacons Igniting Controversy Yahoo's current privacy
> >> policy is causing consternation among some users who object to their
> >> use of so-called 'web beacons'. Known in most circles as web bugs,
> >> these invisible images are embedded in websites and email and used
> >> to track your surfing - and even tell whether you've opened a
> >> particular email.
> >> http://antivirus.about.com/od/spywareandadware/a/yahoobugs.htm
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------
> >> Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos
> >>
> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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